WASHINGTON — Rick Santorum, touting himself as the candidate of the blue collar, family-oriented Republican, is expected to launch another presidential bid Wednesday, but this time he’s got a lot more than Mitt Romney to overcome. “Santorum overperformed in 2012, but he did it against a much weaker field and, let’s face it: he did […]
State Department officials are battling a pair of Freedom of Information Act requests for emails and memos that discuss the agency’s temporary inspector general and the influence Hillary Clinton and her staff may have had on his oversight of the agency. Citizens United, a conservative nonprofit, also sought any documentation of high-level discussions about a […]
WASHINGTON — The Republican Party is seeking documents from the State Department that could shed light on whether former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s office interfered with Freedom of Information Act as was reported earlier this week. Clinton’s political staff personally reviewed and negotiated the release of public records at the department requested under the […]
Perhaps you remember when litmus tests for Supreme Court nominees were frowned upon, even by the most ideological candidates. That was when the litmus-testing came from the right on abortion. Hillary Clinton broke through that barrier on the left this week when she announced that support for restrictions on political speech would make or break […]
Hillary Clinton and the State Department on Tuesday insisted they are not slow-walking the public release of her emails during her time as secretary of state, while a federal judge ordered up a plan for a rolling release of the hotly anticipated documents. “Nobody has a bigger interest in getting them released than I do,” […]
U.S. District Court Judge for the District of Columbia Rudolph Contreras asked the State Department to file a notice that would include a proposed deadline for the release of Hillary Clinton’s emails, as well as a new proposal for a schedule that involves releasing documents on a rolling basis. A lawyer for journalist Jason Leopold, […]
Hllary Rodham Clinton was clear Monday during a campaign stop about one quality she would expect from her nominees to the U.S. Supreme Court if she were to become president – an overhaul of the rapidly evolving campaign finance system that is giving extremely wealthy donors ever more say in presidential contests. Her position was […]
State Department officials must produce records of agency officials’ communications with the Clinton Foundation from Hillary Clinton’s time in office by September, a federal judge ruled Tuesday. The battle to obtain correspondence between three of Clinton’s top staffers and officials at her family’s foundation, as well as communications with a controversial consulting firm, has raged […]
5:37 p.m.: Fiorina: “Everything sets me apart” from other GOP candidates Carly Fiorina, former chairman and chief executive of Hewlett-Packard and the last of the political figures to meet with reporters Saturday, said “everything sets me apart” from the other possible GOP presidential candidates. She advocates zero-based budgeting for the federal government “so that we […]
New York business magnate and media personality Donald Trump is headed to Greenville. He’ll join a long list of Republican politicians, including two who have announced campaigns for president, at the South Carolina Freedom Summit on May 9, according to organizers, who have been announcing the speakers one at a time. The event is scheduled […]
The list of well-known politicians planning to speak at a forum for Republican White House hopefuls in Greenville next month keeps growing. Now U.S. Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina has joined the list, according to organizers. The South Carolina Freedom Summit is scheduled for May 9 at the Peace Center. Don’t Miss Out Subscribe […]
At least two declared Republican presidential candidates are scheduled to join a candidate forum in Greenville next month. Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, who announced last week that he’s seeking the GOP nomination for president, will speak at the South Carolina Freedom Summit at the Peace Center on May 9, organizers said. Another Republican who has […]